Carefully
['keəfəlɪ] or ['kɛrfəli]
Definition
(adv.) taking care or paying attention; 'they watched carefully'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a careful manner.
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Examples
- Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The important elevations within the line had all been carefully fortified and supplied with a proper armament. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She pursued her embroidery carefully and quickly, but her eyelash twinkled, and then it glittered, and then a drop fell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The gypsy aimed carefully and fired and as he jerked the bolt back and ejected the shell Robert Jordan said, Over. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He wore a high silk hat which was a little old, but had been carefully brushed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The steel for the manufacture of dies is carefully selected, forged at a high heat into the rough die, softened by careful annealing, and then handed over to the engraver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They were all watching carefully. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They came down the last two hundred yards, moving carefully from tree to tree in the shadows and now, through the last pines of the steep hillside, the bridge was only fifty yards away. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Helena, remarked Maurice, with mock solemnity, taking her hands, look at me carefully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She carefully opened her reticule a little way and showed me a folded piece of paper inside as the appointment of which she spoke. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Not so heavy as they might be,' said the Jew, after looking at the insides carefully; 'but very neat and nicely made. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They all sat down, and Gudrun carefully poured out the coffee. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At length he returned; and in reply to an anxious inquiry after his patient; looked very mysterious, and closed the door, carefully. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Even the subsidy by rulers of privately conducted schools must be carefully safeguarded. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Hold it tight so that it does not jump and sight carefully and do not fire more than six shots at a time if you can help it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Carefully selecting one long tress, she smoothed it down with her hands, and held it out towards her lover. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I explain very carefully so that you understand and that you understand all of the possible difficulties and the importance. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The first letters he read were very formal, very carefully written and dealt almost entirely with local happenings. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Laurie told me how fond Mr. Laurence used to be of the child who died, and how he kept all her little things carefully. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I cannot but suppose you _will_ when you have read it carefully over. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In all countries, a severe inquisition into the circumstances of private persons has been carefully avoided. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We carefully examined every house we passed for a bill indicative of lodgings to let; but in vain. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Hold it carefully, he said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Lizzie finished putting the hair carefully back over the misshapen shoulders, and then lighted a candle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- An old philosophical friend of mine was grown, from experience, very cautious in this particular, and carefully avoided any intimacy with such people. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- My mother had brought her up, and trained her as carefully, almost, as a daughter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The finest and palest oil is made from fresh and carefully cleaned liver, the oil being extracted either in the cold or by a gentle heat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This man was lying flat on his face, reaching carefully up with his hands to put a rock in place while keeping his chin flat against the ground. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The walls were carefully sounded, and were shown to be quite solid all round, and the flooring was also thoroughly examined, with the same result. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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